Thursday 30 May 2013

Planetary Resources' Arkyd 100 satellite to let public take self-portraits from space



Despite half a century of rushing about the Solar System, the Space Age has been a spectator sport for most of humanity. On Wednesday, at a press conference at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Planetary Resources announced its plans to launch a crowdfunded version of its Arkyd 100 space telescope satellite on Kickstarter that will allow donors to beam back self-portraits from space and even control the telescope... Continue ReadingPlanetary Resources' Arkyd 100 satellite to let public take self-portraits from space

Section: Space

Tags: Kickstarter, Planetary Resources, Satellite, Spacecraft

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